Monday, August 11, 2008

Warning

Home ownership should come with the following advisory:

Warning: Not for the faint of heart

Monetary investment: Mortgage, plus taxes, plus insurance, plus hundreds of extra dollars in expendable income each month for maintenance

Proceed only if you possess the following abilities: plumbing, electrical, lawn and gardening, tree trimming, landscape architecture, carpentry, foundation repair, knowledge of pest control, locksmith, painting, dry wall, tiling, and hundreds of other tidbits of knowledge regarding handy work (did I mention cleaning, cleaning carpets, scrubbing tile grout, raking leaves, cleaning out gutters, repairing damaged baseboards, washing machine repair, crawl space vent repair, interior decorating {and if you plan to make it through without starving cooking and shopping on a major budget are good to}?)

Important Notice: Do not proceed if you do not possess above stated abilities or money to hire it all done.

2 comments:

Ben, Kelly and Sophie said...

Amen, sista! The only thing I would add, now owning an older house, is "Home ownership of a house older than 1975..."

OK Chick said...

EWWW I don't want to play. No fun! But your house is pretty cool, so maybe it would me somewhat fun to own a house.